ОПРОС: When do you get gas? & Philosophy 101.

[Desertbreh]

Getting gas when you are in a hurry sucks. So get it when you are not.

Are you superman? What do you need to do in life that doesn't allow you to spend 5 min at a gas station, yet you're willing to take out another 5min out of another arbitrary part of the day because then you're "less busy"

If you have no TIME in life you should get gas the fewest times possible, without doing any damage to your car. That's how you maximize the time. This whole in a "hurry" crock of shit argument doesn't hold water because getting gas at 1/2 a tank WASTES time out of all of your busy schedules, making you MORE BUSY.

Here is perhaps what you are missing. I have, from time to time, been known to have a few anger management issues. Your 5 minutes at a gas station sounds like a Nascar pit stop. Is that a birthright in the Pay Area? Because it sure as fk is NOT here. Local gas stations here are one of two things

1. Outlandish price gougers that me OR
2. Ralph's Gas or Costco, and I prefer Ralph's because no 10 ethanol. That occasionally leaves me pulled in behind a shitshow of 8 Robert Krafts on their way home from the rub and tug in their Bentleys, and despite having spent over 75 years on this earth, they operate the fuel pump with the speed of retirement. It is fking brutal. So let's say I'm on the way home, it's late, I see I've got 1/2 a tank left, I pull in, and survey the scene. Shitshow? I try another time. Pumps open? Nascar stop.
3. Costco is even worse, but I wait it out as long as I'm there.

[Melon]

My g/f loves to push the laws of physics between fill-ups doe.
I think she drives with the gas light on FUCKING CONSTANTLY.

[Melon]

Are you superman? What do you need to do in life that doesn't allow you to spend 5 min at a gas station, yet you're willing to take out another 5min out of another arbitrary part of the day because then you're "less busy"

If you have no TIME in life you should get gas the fewest times possible, without doing any damage to your car. That's how you maximize the time. This whole in a "hurry" crock of shit argument doesn't hold water because getting gas at 1/2 a tank WASTES time out of all of your busy schedules, making you MORE BUSY.

Here is perhaps what you are missing. I have, from time to time, been known to have a few anger management issues. Your 5 minutes at a gas station sounds like a Nascar pit stop. Is that a birthright in the Pay Area? Because it sure as fk is NOT here. Local gas stations here are one of two things

1. Outlandish price gougers that :trigger: me OR
2. Ralph's Gas or Costco, and I prefer Ralph's because no 10 ethanol. That occasionally leaves me pulled in behind a shitshow of 8 Robert Krafts on their way home from the rub and tug in their Bentleys, and despite having spend over 75 years on this earth, they operate the fuel pump with the speed of retirement. It is fking brutal. So let's say I'm on the way home, it's late, I see I've got 1/2 a tank left, I pull in, and survey the scene. Shitshow? I try another time. Pumps open? Nascar stop.
3. Costco is even worse, but I wait it out as long as I'm there.

I live next to a Race-Trac with 12 pumps, which is across the street from a Mobil with 8 pumps, 1/4 mile away is a Murphy USA with 8 pumps, and across from that is a Race-Trac with 12 more pumps.

The Race-Trac and Murphy are cheap and have 87 ethanol free.

[Desertbreh]

Here is perhaps what you are missing. I have, from time to time, been known to have a few anger management issues. Your 5 minutes at a gas station sounds like a Nascar pit stop. Is that a birthright in the Pay Area? Because it sure as fk is NOT here. Local gas stations here are one of two things

1. Outlandish price gougers that :trigger: me OR
2. Ralph's Gas or Costco, and I prefer Ralph's because no 10 ethanol. That occasionally leaves me pulled in behind a shitshow of 8 Robert Krafts on their way home from the rub and tug in their Bentleys, and despite having spend over 75 years on this earth, they operate the fuel pump with the speed of retirement. It is fking brutal. So let's say I'm on the way home, it's late, I see I've got 1/2 a tank left, I pull in, and survey the scene. Shitshow? I try another time. Pumps open? Nascar stop.
3. Costco is even worse, but I wait it out as long as I'm there.

I live next to a Race-Trac with 12 pumps, which is across the street from a Mobil with 8 pumps, 1/4 mile away is a Murphy USA with 8 pumps, and across from that is a Race-Trac with 12 more pumps.

The Race-Trac and Murphy are cheap and have 87 ethanol free.

It's even got a pit stop name.

[SAWCE]

My thought process is that Costco is typically $0.10-$0.20 cheaper per gallon than any of the gas stations in my neighborhood. I have to go there every Sunday for groceries anyways, so why not just get gas while I'm there rather than spend 30 minutes driving there, fueling up, and driving home randomly during the week when I get low on gas?

[Melon]

It's pretty rare that I ever have to wait for an open gas pump.

[Desertbreh]

My thought process is that Costco is typically $0.10-$0.20 cheaper per gallon than any of the gas stations in my neighborhood. I have to go there every Sunday for groceries anyways, so why not just get gas while I'm there rather than spend 30 minutes driving there, fueling up, and driving home randomly during the week when I get low on gas?

This is pretty much how I do it.

[max225]

Are you superman? What do you need to do in life that doesn't allow you to spend 5 min at a gas station, yet you're willing to take out another 5min out of another arbitrary part of the day because then you're "less busy"

If you have no TIME in life you should get gas the fewest times possible, without doing any damage to your car. That's how you maximize the time. This whole in a "hurry" crock of shit argument doesn't hold water because getting gas at 1/2 a tank WASTES time out of all of your busy schedules, making you MORE BUSY.

Here is perhaps what you are missing. I have, from time to time, been known to have a few anger management issues. Your 5 minutes at a gas station sounds like a Nascar pit stop. Is that a birthright in the Pay Area? Because it sure as fk is NOT here. Local gas stations here are one of two things

1. Outlandish price gougers that me OR
2. Ralph's Gas or Costco, and I prefer Ralph's because no 10 ethanol. That occasionally leaves me pulled in behind a shitshow of 8 Robert Krafts on their way home from the rub and tug in their Bentleys, and despite having spent over 75 years on this earth, they operate the fuel pump with the speed of retirement. It is fking brutal. So let's say I'm on the way home, it's late, I see I've got 1/2 a tank left, I pull in, and survey the scene. Shitshow? I try another time. Pumps open? Nascar stop.
3. Costco is even worse, but I wait it out as long as I'm there.

1. How far away from work/home are the gas stations that don't price gouge, (1mile for me). I mean at what point to you assign a $ value to your time. You don't strike me as a person that will be impacted by a 10-40 cents deviation per gallon on fuel, however since you mentioned anger/frustration why not avoid it for a small upcharge ?
2. Costco is a shitshow, you can't save money if you're wasting time. So you have to go during off hours. Waiting 20 min to save $3 is pathetic
3.

An argument was made that the filling up at 1/2 tank was made for time effectiveness, NO backup was provided for this

[max225]

It's pretty rare that I ever have to wait for an open gas pump.

this only happens at costco for me, due to their lower pricing, and I refuse to wait more than 2min, I look in and if the line is more than 2 cars per pump I move past it. My sanity is worth more than the hordes of 's

[Gberg2119]

Whenever it's convenient? Filled up the other day when I was at 1/2 tank cause I was passing a costco.

Previous fill up was done at less than a quarter.

[Desertbreh]

Here is perhaps what you are missing. I have, from time to time, been known to have a few anger management issues. Your 5 minutes at a gas station sounds like a Nascar pit stop. Is that a birthright in the Pay Area? Because it sure as fk is NOT here. Local gas stations here are one of two things

1. Outlandish price gougers that me OR
2. Ralph's Gas or Costco, and I prefer Ralph's because no 10 ethanol. That occasionally leaves me pulled in behind a shitshow of 8 Robert Krafts on their way home from the rub and tug in their Bentleys, and despite having spent over 75 years on this earth, they operate the fuel pump with the speed of retirement. It is fking brutal. So let's say I'm on the way home, it's late, I see I've got 1/2 a tank left, I pull in, and survey the scene. Shitshow? I try another time. Pumps open? Nascar stop.
3. Costco is even worse, but I wait it out as long as I'm there.

1. How far away from work/home are the gas stations that don't price gouge, (1mile for me). I mean at what point to you assign a $ value to your time. You don't strike me as a person that will be impacted by a 10-40 cents deviation per gallon on fuel, however since you mentioned anger/frustration why not avoid it for a small upcharge ?
2. Costco is a shitshow, you can't save money if you're wasting time. So you have to go during off hours. Waiting 20 min to save $3 is pathetic
3.

An argument was made that the filling up at 1/2 tank was made for time effectiveness, NO backup was provided for this

Yes, I can pay for higher fuel costs, for some reason they trigger me? Like "fuck you, we don't have to compete?" You make a fair point on this. But it's like .50 cents over Costco on the reg.
Literally, there are two decent places price wise around home/work to buy gas. I named them.
I only go to Costco on Saturday, when I am going to shop there. I am there already. So I buy gas. Unless its wall to wall Robert Krafts.

[SAWCE]

Pro-tip: Costco opens the gas stations before the store, so get there 30 minutes before the store opens, fill up, and enjoy a less packed Costco by walking in right as they open the doors (usually a few minutes early). I've been in and out of Costco before they were even supposed to be open.

[Desertbreh]

Pro-tip: Costco opens the gas stations before the store, so get there 30 minutes before the store opens, fill up, and enjoy a less packed Costco by walking in right as they open the doors (usually a few minutes early). I've been in and out of Costco before they were even supposed to be open.

All true.

[razr390]

Oh look a poll/thread by Max asking us to provide our opinions and our own habits and then he proceeds to tell us we are wrong for not living under his circumstances. Every time I back into a space (hard park) I do it cuz I know you hate it.

[SAWCE]

Pro-tip: Costco opens the gas stations before the store, so get there 30 minutes before the store opens, fill up, and enjoy a less packed Costco by walking in right as they open the doors (usually a few minutes early). I've been in and out of Costco before they were even supposed to be open.

All true.

Since you pay for a membership there, I always expect a slightly higher caliber of people to be in there.. if I go at 2:00 on a Sunday afternoon it's full of mouth breathers who turn their cart sideways in the aisle while they wander up and down it or leave it in the middle of the fucking entry to the produce or dairy section while they go grab the stuff they need. I want to murder people in there.

[Melon]

It's pretty rare that I ever have to wait for an open gas pump.

this only happens at costco for me, due to their lower pricing, and I refuse to wait more than 2min, I look in and if the line is more than 2 cars per pump I move past it. My sanity is worth more than the hordes of 's

We only recently got back on the Costco bandwagon, but the low price isn't worth it for me to make a special trip, it's not on the way for me at all.

I do enjoy how they have pump attendants doe, to hurry along the slows and olds.

[max225]

Oh look a poll/thread by Max asking us to provide our opinions and our own habits and then he proceeds to tell us we are wrong for not living under his circumstances. Every time I back into a space (hard park) I do it cuz I know you hate it.

No one is talking about you mommas boy. Keep backing up IDGAF

[Melon]

I will not play the Costco gas game.

I will gladly pay .25 more to not drive out of the way to wait in line behind the hordes of mouthbreathers.

[max225]

Pro-tip: Costco opens the gas stations before the store, so get there 30 minutes before the store opens, fill up, and enjoy a less packed Costco by walking in right as they open the doors (usually a few minutes early). I've been in and out of Costco before they were even supposed to be open.

discovered this the other day, they also stay open longer. I only go after 7pm or before 9am, occasionally that's when I am going to work. Othertimes www.gasbuddy.com toptier gas and 0fg whenever I have 50 miles left or less. Dire world saving emergency be damned.

[CaleDeRoo]

I need to move somewhere with E-free 93, but not FL.

Here E-free 90 is the same price as 10%-E 93

[Desertbreh]

All true.

Since you pay for a membership there, I always expect a slightly higher caliber of people to be in there.. if I go at 2:00 on a Sunday afternoon it's full of mouth breathers who turn their cart sideways in the aisle while they wander up and down it or leave it in the middle of the fucking entry to the produce or dairy section while they go grab the stuff they need. I want to murder people in there.

I think the STARTING caliber is higher. However, there is something about Costco that cut's people's IQ in half and agreed they are rude AF. The free food stands also bring out the bad behavior. It really deserves its own sociology thesis.

[Desertbreh]

I will not play the Costco gas game.

I will gladly pay .25 more to not drive out of the way to wait in line behind the hordes of mouthbreathers.

So would I. Have about .55?

[Desertbreh]

So would I. How about .55?

[Melon]

So would I. Have about .55?

Balls, that's enough to make me reconsider. Lol.

[max225]

12 votes
2 Trolls
3 1/2 tank heros
7 people utilizing their tanks for their designed capacities.

Sounds about right.